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Alikhani Pour M, Sardari S, Eslamifar A, et al. Cheminformatics-Based Anticoagulant Study of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants. Iran Biomed J. 2017;21(6):400-5doi: 10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400.
Alikhani Pour, M., Sardari, S., Eslamifar, A., Azhar, A., Rezvani, M., & Nazari, M. (2017). Cheminformatics-Based Anticoagulant Study of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants. Iranian biomedical journal, 21(6), 400-5. https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400
Alikhani Pour, Mahdi, et al. "Cheminformatics-Based Anticoagulant Study of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants." Iranian biomedical journal vol. 21,6 (2017): 400-5. doi: https://doi.org/10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400
Alikhani Pour M, Sardari S, Eslamifar A, Azhar A, Rezvani M, Nazari M. Cheminformatics-Based Anticoagulant Study of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants. Iran Biomed J. 2017 Nov;21(6):400-5. doi: 10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400. Epub 2017 Apr 29. PMID: 28454485; PMCID: PMC5572436.
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Iran Biomed J. 2017 Nov;21(6):400-5. doi: 10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400. Epub 2017 Apr 29.

Cheminformatics-Based Anticoagulant Study of Traditionally Used Medicinal Plants.

Iranian biomedical journal

Mahdi Alikhani Pour, Soroush Sardari, Ali Eslamifar, Abid Azhar, Mohammad Rezvani, Milad Nazari

Affiliations

  1. Drug Design and Bioinformatics Unit, Department of Medical Biotechnology, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 13164, Iran.
  2. Department of Clinical Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 13164, Iran.
  3. Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (KIBGE), University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.
  4. Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran.

PMID: 28454485 PMCID: PMC5572436 DOI: 10.18869/acadpub.ibj.21.6.400

Abstract

BACKGROUNG: Medicinal plants, as a complementary medicine, have been used to treat various diseases since ancient times. These plants have numerous beneficial applications and are the source of certain conventional drugs. In diseases such as stroke and ischemia, which are caused by several factors, abnormal coagulation is an important causative factor. Accordingly, novel and effective therapies such as herbal remedies should be practiced to prevent such lethal diseases.

METHODS: Using the available databases such as Google Scholar and PubMed, the previously reported anticoagulant compounds and plants possessing anticoagulant activity were identified and collected in two separate lists. Next, the fast and cost-effective cheminformatics methods incorporated in PubChem were applied to detect some compounds similar to reported anticoagulants. Subsequently, 15 native medical plants of Iran containing the potential anticoagulants were selected. The selected plants were purchased and chopped, and the potential compounds were extracted by ethanol. Then three concentrations of extracts (1, 10, and 100 µg per ml) were made. Finally, anticoagulant effect of the selected plants was evaluated by in vitro prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time coagulation tests.

RESULTS: Among the 15 selected medicinal plants, three plants, including Terminalia bellirica (P=0.0019), Astragalus arbusculinus (P=0.0021), and Origanum vulgare (P=0.0014) showed a more promising anticoagulant effect in comparison to the control.

CONCLUSION: The anticoagulant activity was identified for the first time in these three plants. Further in vivo study and mechanism of action assay are required to be performed on these three plants, which could be suitable candidates for use as natural anticoagulant medicines.

Keywords: Cheminformatics; Cardiovascular diseases; Medicinal plants

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